AN art collection created by John Ruskin will be on display at Bewdley Museum from Saturday, July 2 until to Sunday, August 7.

A group of 40 objects including watercolours, drawings, prints and books are on loan from the Collection of the Guild of St George, which is housed and maintained by Museums Sheffield.

The works have been chosen to reflect different aspects of the collection, which Ruskin amassed to inspire creativity in foundry workers and craftsmen.

It will include copies of Renaissance art, Medieval architecture and studies to celebrate the vibrancy of nature, all created for Ruskin by his assistants and pupils who include William Collingwood, Charles Fairfax Murray, Angelo Alessandri and Frank Randal.

Ruskin was an influential Victorian writer and art critic who championed artists such as William Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites.

In the 1880s, he intended to move part of the collection to Bewdley and had plans drawn up for a museum.

The project never came about because of a lack of funding and Ruskin’s declining health, but Joseph Southall’s designs for the proposed museum will be on display.

The exhibition can be viewed daily in the museum’s Wyre Forest Gallery between 10am and 4.30pm, with last entry at 4pm.

Workshops based on Ruskin’s teachings on nature and architecture will be held at the museum on July 16 and July 23. For more information visit wyreforestdc.gov.uk or call the museum office on 01299 40357.